PRODUCT STORAGE AND AUTOMATION OF TRANSFERRING PRODUCT FROM A REFRIGERATOR CAROUSEL TO COOK STATION

• Main Authors: Sands, Jeffrey L, Nelson, Dennis J
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 28.02.2019
• Subjects: CONVEYING; FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS; FOODS, FOODSTUFFS, OR NON-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES, NOT COVERED BYSUBCLASSES A23B - A23J; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL; HUMAN NECESSITIES; PACKING; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS; PRESERVATION OF FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS, IN GENERAL; SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS; STORING; THEIR PREPARATION OR TREATMENT, e.g. COOKING, MODIFICATION OFNUTRITIVE QUALITIES, PHYSICAL TREATMENT; THEIR TREATMENT, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES; TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING ORTIPPING; TRANSPORTING

A product storage device is provided. Aspects include a plurality of shelves coupled to a drive system, wherein the plurality of shelves are operable to travel along the drive system to predetermined locations. The product storage unit also includes a transfer conveyer. A lift transfer device is included, wherein the lift transfer device is operable to remove at least one food product from at least one of the plurality of shelves and transfer the at least one food product to the transfer conveyer. And a microcontroller circuit communicatively coupled to a memory is included, wherein the microcontroller circuit is programmable to operate: the drive system, the transfer conveyer, and the lift transfer device.